Minamoto Masakane Blade

[bujitsu]

Attached, please find what I have been able to piece together so far on a blade i was personally given by the head priest of a major Japanese Shrine. I am trying to find out more about the swordsmith. Any help or insight would be appreciated, as I don't know if the reference in the sword index is the same as on the blade, and as I don't have the book. I can send high res pics separately if anyone needs them.

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[Brian]

This is the doc that opened for me?

 

Swordsmith: Takano Kinjiro Minamoto Masakane (?)

 

於 = ?

東 = to

都 = kyo

源 = minamoto

正 = masa (K14)

兼 = kane (D5)

合 = ?

作 = saku　　　　　　

寿 = toshi (C1??)

兼 = kane (D5)

 

昭 和 四 十 八 年 八 月 日　＝ Showa 48 - 1973

 

INDEX OF DAI NIHON TOKEN SHOKO MEIKAN

(THE GREAT Japanese SWORD BUSINESS DIRECTORY)

 

Minamoto Masakane (Swordsmith, Ibaraki) 163

 

mean：東都（東京）に於いて源正兼と寿兼が合作して作った

（Minamoto-no-Masakane and Toshikane had made this sword at Tokyo.)

 

正兼 高野金次郎･茨城笠間市福原･全日本刀匠会会員･初代正勝門人･明治33生ﾏｻｶﾈ 元陸軍受命刀匠･陸軍軍刀技術奨励会入選　寿兼　No information

[reinhard]

  bujitsu said:

a blade i was personally given by the head priest of a major Japanese Shrine.

 

This sounds familiar to me. Didn't we have a similar thing like that before? I don't have the time to search through the archives, but maybe someone else has.

 

reinhard